Tay Ninh strives for new rural development

New asphalted roads, cemented lanes, schools, and healthcare centres
have breathed new lives into 25 communes in southern Tay Ninh province
that have been selected for implementing a national rural development
programme. A report by radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

As well
as upgraded infrastructure, the local people there are enjoying much
better living standards thanks to joint efforts of the local authorities
and people in making use of every possible resource for local community
development.

In 2014 alone, a total of 30 million USD from the
state budget and contributions from local businesses and people has been
invested in nine targeted communes of the national new rural
development programme in Tay Ninh. One of these communes, Thach Dong
received an investment of up to 5 million USD, mainly to upgrade the
local infrastructure.

Up to now, nearly 100 percent of
households in Thach Dong have been connected to the national electricity
grid. Roads, schools, healthcare centres, cultural houses, and other
public works have been built or upgraded.

People's living
conditions there have been improved. The commune now has only 35 poor
households, accounting for 1.6 percent of the total local households,
and is doing its best to become the first in the province to achieve all
19 criteria of the national rural development programme.

Pham
Vu Tung, Chairman of Thach Dong communal People’s Committee, said the
commune has achieved 11 out of the 19 criteria of the national programme
of new rural development.

"It’s possible for us to complete all
the 19 criteria by the end of this year thanks to a high consensus
among the local authorities and people to achieve the programme’s set
targets," Tung affirmed.

People in Tay Ninh have invented a
number of new models of effective husbandry while applying advanced
technology in planting sugarcanes and cassava for higher productivity.

Ta
Hoang Thanh in Phuoc Ninh commune in Duong Minh Chau district, owns a 2
ha farm where he raises pigs and fish, and has planted some crops. His
farm earns him an annual revenue of 150,000 USD. His farming model is
being widely applied in his community.

As part of
implementing the national new rural development programme, Tay Ninh has
carried out a project to provide vocational training for rural
labourers. Around 360 classes have been organised across the province to
train 11,000 local people.

This year, Tay Ninh province has
invested 350,000 USD in vocational training for 5,000 local rural
labourers. It aims to have 20 percent of its communes completing the
national rural development programme by next year.-VNA